According to PPA spokesperson Pirjo Neissaare, six Indian citizens, who do not have the right to enter the European Union, tried to enter Estonia shortly after midnight on Friday through the Narva border crossing. The police prevented these people from crossing the border and did not allow them to enter Estonia, and the Russian border guard allowed them to return to Russia.
On December 21, two Russian citizens, two Georgians and a citizen of Moldova were prevented from entering Estonia at the Narva border crossing, Neissaar added. Three Serbian citizens and one Ukrainian citizen were prevented from entering Estonia at southeastern border crossings on Thursday.
According to the police, the most frequent reasons for stopping people were that the people did not have the appropriate documents to enter the country, they had provided unclear statements about the purpose of the trip or during the interview it was established that the person could be a threat to public order or the security of our country. An entry ban was established for foreigners and they were sent back to Russia.
At the Narva border crossing today the queue is moving with difficulty, writes RusDelfi. A few dozen people in the queue were told that biometric identification doesn’t work. According to the RusDelf correspondent, some passengers have been stopping at the border since Thursday.
Estonia has not closed its eastern border
In November, several dozen immigrants attempted to cross the Estonian border, according to police, their activities were organized by the Russian Federation. “We prevented these people from crossing the border and did not allow them to enter Estonia. The Russian authorities are using these people as part of a migration attack and, if the situation were to escalate, the situation could jeopardize the work of the post border,” Eerik Purgel, head of the Ida Prefecture border guard, said at the time.
The Russian Federation also organized a migration attack on the Finnish border, but the number of immigrants was many times higher than that of Estonia. At the end of November the Finns closed all border crossings on the eastern border for two weeks. After the opening of the border, the migratory attack regained momentum and the Finnish government decided to close the border crossings until January 14th. Estonia did not follow the example of its neighbors and the Narva border crossing remained open to this day.
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2023-12-22 11:15:12
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